CVE-2004-0520

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script via the content-type mail header, as demonstrated using read_body.php.

Published: 2004-08-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2004-0520 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.13%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0520

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24160 exploit_db edb 2004-05-31 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0520

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 14.93% 7.13% -7.80%
2 2025-12-28 18.73% 14.93% -3.79%
3 2025-12-27 — 18.73% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0520

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0520

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0520

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0520: 1 GLSA(s) (200406-08), 1 atom(s) (mail-client/squirrelmail); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0520
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0520

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0520

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
open_webmail open_webmail 2.30 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.31 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.32 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.3_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.5_dev cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.5_dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0520

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040604-01-U.asc Patch
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000858
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108611554415078&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=squirrelmail-cvs&m=108532891231712
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-240.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11870 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12289 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-535 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200406-08.xml Vendor Advisory
http://www.rs-labs.com/adv/RS-Labs-Advisory-2004-1.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6827 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10439 Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1733 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1012
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10766
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